Hose clamp



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HOSE CLAMP.

Application filed. February 13. 1923 Serial No. 815,804.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I; ERNnsr 'I). Views, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and tate of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hose Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose clamps, and the primary object thereof 1 resides in the provision of such a device that is extremely simple of construction, comparatively inexpensive of manufacture and such a clamp that may be readily applied for clamping the hose upon a pipe in a sim 1e and expeditious manner.

e nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

' In the drawings forming part of this application, like nu erals .of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,-and

wherein v Figure l-is a cross sectional view of a pipe showing one end of va hose secured thereon, through the instrumentality of a hose clamp constructed in accordance with the present invention.

V Figure 2-is a fragmentary top plan view of a hose clamped upon one end of a pipe,

also through the instrumentality of my improved form of hoseclamp.

' Figure 3-is a logging lever forming a part of this clamp,

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Figure 4-is a plan view of a, pair of clamping members forming a part of my invention, and before the same have been bent into their proper shape.

v With reference to the drawings, and par= ticularly Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a metallic pipe A adapted to have secured upon one end thereof, one end of a rubber hose B, these two figures clearly disclosing my improved form of hose clamp positionedthereon.

.T he clamp per se constitutesthe provision of a pair of hose engaging members 5 and 6. .Each of these members are formed of a single length of steel wiring or the-like, and

bent into substantially elongated l) shape, the width and length of the members 5 being relatively greater than the similar dimensions of the member 6. The ends of the legs of the member 6 are hooked as at 7 for engaging over the adjacent connectin-gportion 5 of the longer member 5, and it is to be noted that the. side legs forming each of thesemembers 5 and ;6 are corrugated for the purpose of resiliency.

These members 5 and t are bent into. ar-

cuate form as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and loosely, pivotally connected to the inwardly bent ends 8 of the legs constituting the relatively large member 5 is an arcuate shaped locking lever 9. Adjacent the front end of'this lever, the same is formed upon opposite edges thereof with downwardly bent ears 10, each having an openingJ 11 ent therein for receiving the said inwardly ends 8 of the legs constituting the member 5. The extreme front end of the locking lever 9 is formed transversely with a curved tion of my hose clamp, the members 5 and 6 are positioned upon a pipe,-a'nd the curved 6 through the adjacent end of the member 5' clamping the said rubber hose B upon the metallic pipe A,

erspective view of the fonefiectively changes may be made therein, without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention as'claimed. I

What I claim as new is r v A hose clamp comprising arcuatemembers formed from resilient wire and having crimped side portions said members ,being pivotally connected together, a longitudinally curved locking plate provided at its side edges and at apointbetween its ends which lip or book 12, and in the practical applica- I r 6 and isthen de-, .7

d within the'concaved side of the "vice is applied to a hose section end the lock plate, one of the arcuate members having the ing member is closed, the said part will lie ends of its side portions pivotally engaged in close proximity. to the exterior surface 1 in the gears, the plate bei provided at one of the hose.

5 end with a coneaved lip a apted to engage. Intestimony whereof I aflix my signav in the end of the'other arcuate member, the time parts being so arranged that wlien the dev ERNEST D. 

